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Migration Quotes

Perspectives on migration, borders, and historical displacement.

These migration quotes address a politically charged topic from multiple angles, including federal versus state responsibility for border security and conditions at detention facilities. The tone throughout stays direct and policy-focused.

The first Black Migration to this country was forced migration. It was the Middle Passage.

Quotes by William Barr

The tragic conditions at detention facilities are the result of an intense surge in migration across the border.

Quotes by Will Hurd

The migration wave can be stopped.

Quotes by Viktor Orban

So if Arizona sees the federal government isn't assuming its responsibilities, it creates local laws. But migration and keeping security on the borders is not a local or state issue, it's a federal issue.

Quotes by Vicente Fox

Change Quotes

A single camel can carry around 300 kilograms. Using camels for hauling during migration is becoming a rarity in Mongolia, where mechanized transport is gradually replacing traditional means.

Quotes by Tim Cope

The mishandling of the migration question in Europe has certainly created a very fertile ground for protest parties.

Quotes by Sebastian Kurz

In order to guarantee security in Europe, we need to strongly confront our defense policy in Europe. And we need a solution to our migration policy to secure the inner security of the E.U.

Quotes by Sebastian Kurz

When it's well managed, migration works in the national interest, for our communities, economy and country.

Quotes by Priti Patel

As responsible politicians, you have to manage migration.

Quotes by Peter Maurer

Culture Quotes

The unregulated migration of hundreds of thousands of refugees from terrorist safe havens in Syria, Iraq, and Libya has created a very difficult threat environment for Europe.

Quotes by Pete Hoekstra

The global realignment is accelerating the migration of growth and wealth dynamics from the industrial world to the larger emerging economies.

Quotes by Mohamed El-Erian

We will continue our work on the Global Compact for safe, orderly, and regular migration.

Quotes by Miroslav Lajcak

Even the cleanest air, at the centre of the South Pacific or somewhere over Antarctica, has two hundred thousand assorted bits and pieces in every lungful. And this count rises to two million or more in the thick of the...

Quotes by Lyall Watson

Brexit doesn't guarantee that migration will come down.

Quotes by Jo Cox

Emotion Quotes

I've tried to eat little shrubs before. We were on an unsupported 20-plus day traverse, following the migration of endangered antelope across the Chang Tang Plateau. We were like, 'Oh, this is what they ate; we should try it.'

Quotes by Jimmy Chin

Obviously, not all migration relates to global warming, but the correlation is higher than most would think.

Quotes by Jens Martin Skibsted

Typically, market-driven growth spawns urbanisation and leads to migration. Urban centres expand into humongous entities that thrive on an unending supply of energy.

Quotes by Jamshyd Godrej

From the early days of European migration to America, in the 17th Century, the prototype of buildings was based on English precedent, even if mostly translated into the locally available material in abundance: timber.

Quotes by Harry Seidler

What is the issue that has brought the European Union to the brink? The issue of migration.

Quotes by Frans Timmermans

Identity Quotes

The failure to manage economic migration properly has put further pressure on transport and housing.

Quotes by Dominic Grieve

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Frequently Asked Questions

What angles do these Migration quotes cover?
They cover current border policy debates, questions of federal versus state responsibility, conditions at detention facilities, and a historical reference to forced migration.
Why do people search for migration quotes?
Migration remains an active policy topic, so readers researching different viewpoints on borders and displacement look for direct quotes on the subject.
Is there a quote about federal versus state responsibility for migration?
Yes, one quote argues that migration and border security are federal issues, not local or state ones, even when states create their own laws in response.
Does any quote reference historical forced migration?
Yes, one quote names the Middle Passage as the first forced migration to this country, directly connecting migration to a specific historical event.
Is there a quote about conditions at detention facilities?
One quote describes conditions at detention facilities as tragic, attributing them to an intense surge in migration across the border.

One quote also reaches into history, naming the Middle Passage as an early forced migration to this country. Related discussions of Identity and displacement continue in that collection.